Cousin Marriage

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Cousin Marriage |
Friday – March 13, 2026

Cousin Marriages are in the news again, and this time, politicians in many Western nations are proposing to make marriages between cousins illegal; I should also point out that often these measures are aimed at certain immigrant communities with a high proportion of Mohammedans, another consequence of multiculturalism. The arguments against cousin marriages are the usual, material only, including the notion that women in these marriages are somehow oppressed (read Feminism) and that the offspring "produced" in the union between two cousins are more likely to suffer from certain genetic disabilities, a point actually quite contested among modern scientists, read Sacred Medicine. Of course, the point about "protecting" women is always salient these days, as modern women are apparently always being oppressed by the mores and ways of the "primitives", who lack any sense of the reasoned invitation of the world of truths. Then there are, as previously mentioned, the fact that cousin marriages tend to be practiced more so in certain communities and among often certain religious groups within the Imperial Core, but of course, for most history cousin marriages were not illegal in any of these jurisdictions, because this practice was quite normal, and generally aimed at protecting the sacred honor of the lineage, really a way to keep out foreign elements of pollution that could serve to disrupt the peace of the community, and this practice was particularly common among men of ascendant rank, such as with the Kṣatriya's (क्षत्रिय) in the Hindu (ॐ) caste system. Of course, it can be noted that among the lesser castes, the practice of cousin marriage was not as widespread, and while I tend to avoid engaging in speculations, it could be construed that this lack of seriousness when it came to something quite sacred and blessed, Barakah (بَرَكَة) in Arabic, contributed to the perpetuation of ignorance and a generally lower mentality among the lesser castes. Without a sense of destiny and shared responsibility, the matter of marriage degenerated more and more to the level of something material, really something transactional, and in no way something blessed and sacred, and this is of course the state of marriage today.

    This all is not to suggest on my part, that cousin marriages are in and of themselves more sacred or more legitimate in the metaphysical sense, but it could quite obviously be concluded, with a great deal of confidence, that indeed, cousin marriages are, on the whole, more serious and carries with them a more urgent sense of metaphysical destiny, as opposed to the modernized and expanded form of marriage that only pertains to the immediate and the corporeal aspects of the sacred union between man and woman, and of course the bastardized version that now exists, in a legal sense, between homosexuals. When a man considers the prospects of his daughters, he should, traditionally, consider the consequences of marrying his daughter to a man that has no place within the domain pertinent to him within the social organization, and this means that a good father with a high fidelity to his own place within the societal organization should be offended by the introduction of elements foreign to him and the modality of his place within the the societal organization, as this introduction of foreign elements will typically evoke much commotion within the family and the community, something that quite typically disrupts the social fabric to such an extent that both him, his daughter, and the potential offspring essentially lose their standing and become misplaced, and truly this marriage could only be considered a sham, effectively rendering the offspring bastards. This dynamic is truly something that constitutes knowing or true intellectuality, really intuition, and this is why you seldom come across a case where a man of a higher caste marries a woman of a lower caste; within Islam these women were sometimes considered Surriyya (سَرَارِيّ). Of course, it is not only in India where this dynamic exists, this is something quite universal, and it should also be pointed out that it is usually considered a larger disgrace for a woman of a high caste to marry a man of a lower caste, and many such marriages are considered illegitimate. This is essentially why, from a metaphysical point of view, cousin marriages constitute something quite good, as they uphold and promote the familial, societal, and cosmological equilibrium, they are truly legitimate and just; when a man marries a woman outside his family, this always threatens to disrupt order, and this is also why the lesser castes tend to be constituted by people who lack both metaphysical and reasoned sensibilities, as the mentality of the lower caste is more pronounced than the finer mentality of the higher castes. Of course, this follows the general course of manifestation, as the primordial principles that precede each manifestation becomes less and less known.

    Truly, cousin marriages are often the best way to promote prosocial outcomes, that is to say order and stability, and for the most part they also tend to promote a greater understanding between the husband and wife, or co-wives within the context of polygyny, and if the marriage truly is a sacred union at the core (esoteric), then the outwardly (exoteric) aspects of the union will promote a more ordered world, as the marriage extends beyond the supra-individual towards the whole of the societal landscape. It could therefore be argued that indeed cousin marriages protect women more than profane marriages between individuals of potentially vastly disparate modalities, something that likely, within the modern context, could decrease the divorce rate, read "Polygamy as an Alternative to Divorce". What the moderns lack is of course, as I have ceaselessly mention elsewhere, skillful means and a true sense of knowledge, a true intuition, and this is the source of so much chaos and suffering: how could a relation between complete strangers without any unifying tendencies between them ever produce something good, something worthy of Barakah (بَرَكَة), something quite corporative? No, this is quite impossible, but again I should point out that marriages between people of different lineages are possible and still the norm within most traditional societies, but these marriages are always vetted by the community beforehand; they are not temporary arrangements between two seemingly random individuals without proper metaphysical and social context, they are still worthy of Barakah (بَرَكَة), and they still constitute something that promotes societal stability and order – they are truly peaceful.

Reginald Drax – March 13, 2026.